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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
where she taught the slaves several
times week, with the permission of
the owners.

Gnc owners.
NURSE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The war broke out soon after, and
the old war fever coursed through
"Peggy's" veins. She enlisted -as a
nurse in the Confederate army. But
her ability as q spy reached the ears
of one Of the officers, and she agreed
to undertake the dangerous business.
She disguised herself and as a half
witted woman went at will through
the Confederate and Union armies.
Twice she was held on suspicion and
once was placed under guard until
an examination could be had. In
some way she managed to destroy
papers on her person and was re-
leased. A few evenings later she
was attacked by drunken picket
and received wounds that SCARED her
face badly for the rest Of her life.
In fact, it was largely because of her
repulsive countenance that during
the last twenty years she has kept in
absolute retirement. Her favorite
commander was Gen. Robert Z. Lee,
and he regarded her with marked re-
spect. Peggy" said that once, at
Gen. Lees personal request, she got
as far as Washington and secured
some important information. Before
she could get back within the Confed-
crate lines, however, she was shut up
in an insane asylum. She escaped,
but too late to render the news Of
any practical use. When she first
came from England she invested
most of her estate in land property
in the South. The war almost i'm
poverished her, but she managed to
save enough to keep her in an hum
Bile way ever since.
Soon after the war she came North,
and lived at various times in Pitts
burg, Philadelphia and Boston. Then
for some reason she went to Newark,
n. J., where she resided until several
years ago, when she came to this
city and took two plain rooms up
town. She is cultured and is under
stood to have corresponded with a
number of eminent men here and in
England under an assumed name.
Gen. Lee wrote to her up to the time
of his death. PEGGY refused to
disclose her real name to her few
friends, but she evidently had dis
tinguished relatives in England. She
admitted close relationship to Mrs.
Gladstone and the Duchess Of Cum
berland. Her knowledge of the En-
glish stage and its lights was also ex-
tensive, and she said she had known
all the leading actors and actresses
Of a quarter Of century ago in Lon
don. Unknown Peggy" was not
quite so years old, and had evidently
been handsome in her younger days.
She once admitted in confidence that
her husbands name was Edward
Lewis, but never revealed her maiden
name.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
Yellow Jack at Key West.

KEY WEST, Fla, June 12.--One
new case of yellow. fever has ap-
peared since yesterday and one pa
tient has been discharged from the
hospital. The British bark Brothers
and Sisters sent three sick men
ashore. They probably have Chagres
fever.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
The Floods in Hungary.

VIENNA, June 12.-Twenty-fve
Thousand square miles of land are in
undated in Hungary. There was
another hurricane at Maco on Satur-
day. Water washed over the dikes
and destroyed a number Of bridges.
The laborers at work On the dikes
fed, but were driven back by the
soldiers.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
OUR BIG RAILROAD.
From THE South-Nev J ork.

With an unusual amount of push
and energy there has been construc-
ted within the last twelve months a
section Of fifty miles Of railroad
which stands in all essential features
prominently one Of the best roads
ever constructed in the South.
Bridges and tresties that are of a
solid and substantial character; ma.
sonry that cannot be excelled;
roadbed Of excellent character in it's
every detail Of form and construc-
ton, upon which COZ pound steel
rail is laid, resting upon oak ties Of
standard size and length, and aver
aging 1900 per mile; safety switches,
noticeable buildings, and each and
every appointment indicate a master
hand directing; and that the COM
paey which is building it is doing
50 with reference rather to future
earnings and success than to posi-
bilities Of the present. We refer to
that section of the Charleston, Gin
cinnati and Chicago Railroad just
completed between Blacks, S. c.,
and Rutherfordton, n. G.
In 1885, R. A. johnson, of Boston,
in whose mind She scheme originated
of building this important line, sue
ceeded in organizing a company
called the Massachusetts and South
ern Construction Company for the
purpose Of building it. Mr.. John
son is the general manager Of the
company, and J. +. Jones, formerly
Of Hartford, Conn.,, is the chief en-.
gineer and superintendent of con-
struction. Work was started in the
fall Of 1885, and at that time the
scheme was known as the Atlantic
and Northwestern Railway, that be-
ing the name under which it was pro-
posed to consolidate the several COM
panies chartered by the States Of
South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee
and Kentucky, through all Of which
the route os projected lies; but in
1886 the several States passed
such acts as enabled the consolida-
ton to be effected under the name Of
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi.
cago Railroad.
A mortgage was executed in favor
Of the Boston Safe Deposit Com
pany, Of Boston, providing that
$4,000 per mile Of bonds could be
issued, and agents Of several foreign
companies have made such prelim-
mary aod favorable examination Of
the project as to warrant them in
making proposals for tie entire is
sue, but to date the Massachusetts
and Southern Construction Company
has followed the unusual and uupre-
ceGented method in such matters of
furnishing from its own resources
the capital required.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
Who Wculdn t be a Rsporter !

Mrs. Cleveland refers to the WASH
ington correspondents as 'the boys.
When she stepped on the train the
other day she threw kiss to the
boys," and tickled forty.ssven noble
hearts with this one sweet gesture.
Constitution.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
Our Boys and Girls
Boston Globe.

Between our boys and our girls this
is getting be an embarrassing coun-
try to stay in. If the elders have al
ready become so foolish and degen.
crate that they must needs fall back
upon the undeiled wisdom and virtue
of the rising generation, we should
all begin to set QUE house in order
for the new change of base.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
.->@<-

It is said to be q matter Of indiffer-
ence with "Houest'' John Sherman
whether Foraker ever gets to be pres
ident'or not. Since the demise Of
his Miss Liza, Honest John has
lost all interest in other people.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16

this energy and activity, we lave no
ground 20 doubt either his sincerity
or bis capacity. And after all, the
money to build this road, or either
one of them, is to come from New
York. Butler is considered more of
politician than a financier; but still
we believe that he will be powerfully
instrumental in raising further sinews
of war for the great achievement now
before him.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28
THURSDAY. JULY %, 1887.
CHARLES Reaae ana Ma .haracter.
No. 20 West Martin treet,
MARTINsBURo, w. VA

OF ell modern authors probably the
most singular III his mental attitude
toward the personages Of bis romances was
Charles Reade. In speaking Of the
characters he had drawn he always mp
pcarcd unconscious Of their artificial orr
en-, and referred to them o. IL their reality
we're al established fact He did not
recognize any particular connection be-
tween item and himself. / have re-
pcatcslly heard him discuss the idiosyncra-
s.es &C tits or that member of his ideal
family in precisely the tone lie would have
Employed IL they had been independent Of
HIM III every sense When 4 friend re-
ri;.:.....ed u2on what he supposed to be the
iig;iyes t.iat impclled the heroine of
'stsf.litl Cunt" to a certain course of
,.4..s:i, Reade exclaimed has.il and some
sr..i:it warmly, II don't believe Kate
GalEt ever thought OF such thing.
Iacn he became distracted, and few
i.ss.:Iitcs after added. 1T doesn't seem
cre,i:l.e that Kate Gauat could be infiu-
exec lin that way; but, otter all, who can
tcli.'' Something was said to him about
rs ingenuity of one Of Mrs Ryder's
s ,ie-.ei in the same novel, Yes
answered. Reade, 'swasn,t It cleverf You
wouldn't imagine aywom8n like Ryder up
~ = 1lAtssC VA bAnU BOEb- ~ 0C1 At1tA Il1OEC
brains thai people gave her credit for. q
I .serc r,as no apparent recollection that
her clcverness, whatevcl 1t might have
icen, was lis own invention. Iii "Love
Nc Little, Love ne Long, It is related
taat Lacy EoCntain, when expecting to be
t.rownc by the upsetting Of q pleasure
bc;.t whispered to David Dodd that il she
tssist dc she would have something to say
TO LIN j.st before they went down. Reade
was asked what it was she intended to tell
lin. II Cont know, he replied, dreanl-
sl..s chow should know, And, little
.Gscr, What do You think she meant to
sayf Nothing important, perhaps. All,
, Yen, podd n may Know !, VI; she probably told
ticle Of afTectaticn in this. Rende was tho
last man to attempt that Kind Of pretense,
and If lie hid attempted it he could no
more hSye succeeded than he could have
flown ta tie moor. He was the embodi-
ricnt Of intellectual candor. -Atlantie
Monthly
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28
Whore Education win Ten.

People make q great mistake in desir-
ing their boys to enter what are called the
learned professions, said one man to an
other IN the lobby Of q theatre between
the acts. Now, my boy win graduate
rom the high school In few weeks and
intend TO apprentice him to an acquaint-
ance OF mine who owns mill up town.
Some of those loom bosses and foremenl
around factories make splendid wages
far more than the average professional
man earns. People think that when
boy has been well schooled he should not
be put I'M such place as min. but tell
you it's the place for education ID tell as
the competition there Is not So great n
that respect Philadelphia CAN.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28
Earth and Atrnosphere.

II it were possible to rise above the at
mosphere which surrounds the earth, we
should see nothing but an intense and
shapeiy defined bah Of fire, while every
thing else would be wrapped IN total dark
ness. There could be no difference Of
light without an atmosphere or some sim
liar medium for it to act upon; but If the
air around us extended to height Of 700
miles, the rays Of the SIN could not pene-
trate it, and we should be left Ia dark
ness. AT the depth Of 700 feet III the
ocean the light ceases altogether, one-half
Of the light being absorbed in passing
through seven feet Of the purest water
Boston Budget
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28
Touched : weak spot.

A childish remark very often punctures
the assertions of m older head. Al friend
Of mine was at the tea table, speaking Of
the necessity of courtesy and the manner
In which It distinguished gentleman
from . boor. II invariably lift my hat to
9 lady acquaintance on the street. IN
fact, the practice has become such mat
tertof habit that It Is almost impossible to
neglect this tribute Of courtesy.' .'But,
pa remarked his little daughter, styou
don't lift your hat to mother when you
meet her on the street; she's one lady you
don't do It TO, ! know" "Oh," petu-
lantly returned the father, ''she's my
wife; don't need to do SOL But as he
made this reply his confusion readily
proved that the child had touched yui-
nerable spot In his claim to distinction
Tor courtesy. Boston Budget "Saun-
terer.',
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28
Z Driving IN New 1fexico.

People IN the east are sometimes aston
ished by the stories that are told 81 the
kng drives and rides that are taken in the
Y est. A roadster In this region that Is
A1od for fifty miles day Is q rare animal.
col ]. w. Dwye4, Of New Mexico, said
The other day: We think nothing Of driv-
ing sixty miles day. I have driven =
span Of horses seventy-five miles In q
single day without seeming % weary
them. There is something about the ar
and atmospheric conditions that permits
the lungs Of the animals 70 work lust
right all the time. Ny ranch d thirty
miles from Senator Dorsey's, and three
hours is considered ample time 70 drive
over there. New York Tribune.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28

Few Men Use Them NoUndays-Grny
Hair Rather Tashionnbls.
Every few men want Oh on their hair
nowadays" said q barber 70 reporter.
- few years ago the man who didn't uso
hair Oh was the exception; now the man
who does use It q the exception. or
course we are glad Of the change IN taste,
for IL Is money IN our pockets. Five years
ago had to have q fresh supply az Oh
twice 3 week; now the same quantity win
Last me month.
How about dyeing the hair and
beardr' the reporter asked
There has been greater falling on IL
the use Of dye than 70 the use 0f hair on, n
the barber continued Al few years auo
there was large class Of gay old fellows
who dyed their hair and whiskers almost
IS regularly 6 they shaved Most 81
these men were more or less inclined e
be sports Or beaus, and always wanted 20
look a. young as possible. Others, hOW-
eEer, were respectable and steady going
citizens and business men, who gave IN q
their vanity enough to want TO keep look
ing young. There was . large class of
out and out gamblers and sharpers, who
seemed to have an idea Il was out Of keep
ing with their profession to have anything
but Jet black whiskers and mustaches.
So that nearly AL gamblers or sports
who had red or sandy hair on their face,
Or on their head, for that matter, used TO
have it dyed regularly Is black Is they
could get It. A few Of these are still
around town. It's easy enough to tell
them, because their eyebrows don't match
the rest Of the hair on their face,
$50 You don't have much use for hair
dErn Ia 80
70 keep mp the flow Of tOnsorial rerninis-
cences and reflections, which, contrary to
the traditions of the craft, seemed to show
signs Of drying up.
mo, indeed. When q man comes
along now and asks to have his mustache
or hair dyed, he usually catches rs unpre-
pared, and II we have any dye on hand at
al It generally takes good while to hunt
Il up and get the bottle busted OF. /
think we have only one regular customer
In that line now, and he isn't an old man,
either. He is young fellow, whose hair
Il black, or nearly black, while his eve
brows and beard are sandy. He has his
whiskers and eyebrows dyed to match his
hair, regularly twice month.
But young men don't seem to care
nowadays If their hair and beard are gray.
II. fact, they seem to be rather proud of
y. When they really begin to grow old
hat IS, when they get within q few laps
Of 5O-they get sensitive about Il, how
ever, and If they are not bald frequently
inquire as to the means for preventing
he hair from turning gray, etc.
Oh, yes, great many men use cos
netic on their mustaches,n the barber
continued, In response to q suggestion.
In fact, there are very few who don't
nse It. Some time ago most men wouldn't
let barber put any powder on their faces
after shaving Now nearly all ask for it.
It's laughable how particular some men
are about their hair. No matter how
much care the barber takes about comb
ing and brushing It they are never salts
fed, but always insist on taking the
comb and brush themselves and arrang-
ing It Just SO, with every hair lying IN
certain position Washington Star.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28

BISHOPS WAREHOUSE
RETAIL NO GROCERIES TO CUsUDERs.
WHOLESALE GROCER & NOTIONS.
Garry full stock Will not be undersold
Bishops Column.
> GET THE BEST.
Will have car load Of Wooden Baskets and Tubs
here August Ist, direct from the Pineries
am putting IN this month over hundred tons best
Red Ash Lykens Valley Nut Coal See before purchas
Both coal and scales under roof Have the largest
best dumps in the city Lowest pieces and ceanest coal
Sole agent for Messrs F 8 Heintz, Of Pittsburgh
Pickles. Vinegar and Canned Goods the best nhe
market Ask your grocer for these goods
Will sell for twenty days full loads any kind
ling Wood for ONE DDAARRp per load
Sole Agent for VIM Taylor & Cos Meats Their
goods have equal this market Ask your grocer for
Taylor's Hams and Sugarcured Shoulders.
--@-----. .---.-.
Sole Agent for S. s. Marvin 8 Co.'S Cakes and Crack
Of Pttsburg you something fine and deli
cate ask your grocer for these goods
Celebrated Crystal Flour to be had all groceries
town in 9th sacks Use sack then you will Be convn
ced that is what you have been looking and Dbl
Homemade Soap for sets. bar, "a o.. cake with my
name on each wrapper Be try it. the cheap
est and best goods the market Your grocer keeps it.
ANTIFERMENTINE keeps fruit without cooking 0,
sealing and as fresh from the or vine. Can
be put up at cost Of two cents quart All gocer keep
it
Round Top Cement at Bishops.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-28

Sole Agent for Vim. Taylor. & Co.'S n
goods have no equal in this market Ask va
Taylor's Hams and Sugar-cured Shoulders.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-02
The Charities OF the @. A. z,

Well, words are facts, when they an
nounce great principles. But the Order
has something else to show. 1t is doing
a grand and noble work in charity to the
families of decreased and dependent
soldiers. For this year the actual report.
ed outlay..exceeds $253 900; butt if we reck-
on the amount paid for the SAME purpose
and never reported, it is fair to say that
not less than half a million dollars have
been thus expended During the sixteen
years from 1871 to 1856. the sum of ST.
l73,6sS.6O has been disbursed in chari-
ties; and as it is well known that one-
half is not reported, there can be no ex-
aggeration in saying hat twice that
amount has thus been well spent.
1t may, indeed, be doubted whether
the Order does not give a greater per-
centage of its receipts, if not a larger
total amount in charity, than any other
organization, religious or secular. There
are no distributing agents in the Order.
All the money disbursed in charity is
-aiuan- airactlu tn the nnadu ra0inianfs.
depending on soldiers who, because OF
disease or wounds, are unable to plovide
for their families; and, in some instances
to the so.ders themselves Gen. Lucius
Fairchild, in The American Magazine
for November.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-02
The Rocky Fork Road.

The Rocky Fork 4 Cooke City rail
road is being graded very rapidly, and
it is expected that the road will be in
operation in January. The completion
of this road will have an important
bearing on the fuel supply of the greater
part of Montana, as it will tap the
creates. known deposit of the best coal
in the northwest. The claim upon
which most DEVELOPMENT is done shows
the enormous aggregate thickness of ITO
feet, the seams ranging from four to
thirty feet in width. The coal Is pro.
nouneed by experts to be superior to ali
other coal west of Pittsburg. 1t cokes
excellently, and will be an important
factor in the development of the
numerous large deposits of low grade
mineral in the adjacent mountains,
Heretofore it has cost about $S5 per ton
to lay down Connelsvills coke IN Cooke
City so that none but the richest ores
could be reduced. The completion OF
Rocky Forks road to Cooke City next
year will revolutionize the mining in
dustry there. The distance from the
Rocky Fork coal mines to Butte, via
Garrison, is $40 miles against 33l to Rock
Springs. These distances will be nearly
equallzed by the completion of the Mon
tana Central and it is reasonable to con.
clude that the Rocky Fork coal which
can be mined at less expense than thai
at Rock Springs, and is of superior
quality, will give it strong competition
IN the Butte market Miner.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-02
The New Horse Disease.

DR.. II. Holloway, Territorial Veterin
airy Surgeon, returned last Thursda,
evening from a professional tour through
portions of Madison county. The doc.
tor found several cases of glander. id one
locality. The animals were killed. and
as the cases were the outgrowth of a
single case which was disposed of SOM, :
time ago, and were confined to II limited
area. The doctor thinks he has "fTectnal-
" rounded up the disease in that par.
ticllar locality.
Being asked by a Journal representa-.
tive as to the nature and character ofthe
new horse disease which is proving 10
fatal in several sections of the territory,
the doctor replied that his opportunities
for making a thorough examination of
horses afflicted with the disease has been
SO limited that he is not prepared to
give it q name. As far as his observations
extended it resembled a miasmatic fever
but in no way resenibled cereDro spinal
meningitis. Microscopical examination
Of the blood showed an excessive amount
Of fbrin and q shrinkage of the red cor
puscles. A sufficient number ofexamina.
tlons has not been made to state If this
il the case in all affected animals, but
animals treated on this hypothesis did
remarkably well. The disease is not BY
any means incurable, and although
many horses that are allowed to weather
the storm ~unassisted are left in a COM
paratively useless condition. There are
many which have had the advantage of
intelligent treatment working now as
well as they over did.
The doctor saws the disease is abating,
He looks upon it as one incidental to
high attitudes and mountainous regions,
inquiries made ofeastern veterinarians
failed to bring from them a knowledge
Of its existence there.
The doctor will leave in a few DAYS for
City to attend a meeting of the
United States Veterinary Sanitary As
ISOLATION, before which he will lay the
of this new horse disease and en-
to obtain an expression of
opinion relative to it's cause, etc.-S'ock
Journal.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-02
Murder Most Foul.

On Thursday of last week the body of
George CARRIER was found in the Missoula
river below Superior. and about twenty
miles below his ranch. A gunny sack
was fastened to the neck ofthe dead man
and the sack had evidently contained
rocks, as there were holes which had
been worn in the cloth. The face of the
dead man was worn as if it had been
knocked against the rocks.
The murdered man had been missing
for some time, and George Cavanaugh,
who had been working for CARRIER had
been suspected of the crime. as he had
made several threats in the presence of
different parties, says he would kill
the ----." One mar said 10
him point blank, "Say, what did you kill
CARRIER for ?" and the accused only hung
his head and did not say a word.
1t seems CARRIER had a pack train, and
he had laid off at the ranch for about a
week, and in the packs vas quantity of
liquor, both men being drunk most of
that time, and had had fights.
Circumstances point to Cavanaugh as
the murderer, but what could have been
the motive for the killing is hard to sur
mise.
Coroner F. S. Hedges was summoned
to hold an inquest on the remains. He
says the mans neck was broken, but how
it was hard to say. The verdict of the
%coroner's jury was that he was foully
murdured, and that all the evidence
gwen implicated the hired man. The
names of the jury were A. P. johnson
B. F. Campbell, Frederick se'osser
George Conford, David Smith and Con.
ard Brown.
The suspected man has been in Mis-
soula for some time-since coming here
with Under Sheriff Bradley, who hat
occasion 70 bring up CARRIERS pack trail
which, We believe was mixed up in litiga
ton, and Brad. hired him to help biinI
the animals to town. Since then tn,
officers have had their eyes on him, AM
on finding the body OF the murdere'
man he was arrested and put in Jail.
On Wednesday afternoon Cavanausl
was brought before Judge ]. L. Sloan
for examination, but the proper witnesse
were not present, and a continuance
the matter was laid over to the meetir